Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 175

?Set of 3 Unique and Complicated Watches? Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, ?Set of 3 complicated, unique and complicated watches?, custom made upon special request in 1994. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

A. "Tourbillon sous un Pont d'Or? Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, "Tourbillon sous Pont d'Or avec Réserve de Marche?, No. 4. Very fine and unique, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator under one 18K pink gold bridge, power-reserve indication and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, case back with 6 screws, "bombé? sapphire crystal. D. White hard enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, at 6 aperture with polished 18K pink gold bridge over the visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with its "A"-shaped carriage and the blued steel second hand, at 12 aperture for the up-and-down indication. Blued steel ?spade" hands. M. Cal. 9700, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 20 jewels, lateral lever escapement with one-minute tourbillon regulator, tourbillon carriage of the type designed by Ernest Guinand, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness 10 mm.

B. ?Le Chronographe à Rattrapante? Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, ?Le Chronographe à Rattrapante?, No. 4. Very fine and unique, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with round button split-seconds chronograph, registers and an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, case back with 6 screws, "bombé? sapphire crystal. D. White hard enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Blued steel ?Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 8290, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness: 15 mm.

C. ?La Répétition Minutes? Girard-Perregaux, La-Chaux-de-Fonds, ?La Répétition Minutes?, No. 4. Very fine and unique, minute-repeating, platinum gentleman's wristwatch with an 18K white gold Girard-Perregaux buckle.
C. Three-body, solid, polished, concave lugs, transparent case back sapphire crystals. D. White hard enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, at 9 subsidiary dial for the seconds. Blued steel ?Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 9890, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 32 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, ?swan-neck? micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 39 mm. Thickness: 11 mm.